*sob*
A Daddy blogger is a much unloved creature.
Recent twitter-twatter on Twitter brought up some interesting points thanks to Resevoir Dad's latest Great Aussie Dad Blogs, of which I am lucky enough to be listed as one (thanks dude!).
Here's a couple of points that dad bloggers would love to know the answer to...
For this dad blog of mine, I've never been asked to talk about any cool products, Australian or overseas.
Nothing. Not one product that would interest kids, mums or dads.
Why?
Is it because no one wants to be told about what a man thinks about products for kids and families? In Australia at least, the overloaded majority of bloggers are mums. You'd think the dad bloggers would stick out? You'd think a guy's perspective, something different, would be of value..
Perhaps I am doing something wrong.
Well, The Reservoir Dad tends to agree with me. Now, here's an aussie dad blogger agreeing that us Dads don't get the opportunity to review products. This guy has appeared on Australia's The Today Show, The Circle and numerous other formats of media to do with his website.
That's just crazy. Sure he's had some pretty rad sponsors, but still..
Let's do a blog hop to a few fave mum bloggers of mine.
Veronica at Some Day We Will Sleep. She's great. Writes from the heart. Puts herself out there daily. Heaps of comments.
Kirri at Happy Mums At Home. A top gal. She came to me for help with Twitter and we've been bloggy buds ever since. Crap loads of comments!
Mrs M at Mums Word and Donna at Nappy Daze. Always visiting me, and love I it. They've got comments on every single post.
So why don't I get loads of comments? Am I not putting myself out there enough?
Maybe not. You won't see a photo of me or my family on this blog, but you'll read everything that's on my mind (so far, just like this post!).
A recent post of mine, Celebrating My First Year of Blogging got me three comments from my regulars, of whom I love as much as a dog loves licking himself. This post is a celebration! I offer to help others with blogging in it! I add an article which never got accepted on another site, of which I spent hours/days/week putting a lot of time into. I guess though, sometimes you put so much work into things, that doesn't always mean they are going to be read.
Anyway, Colin of SuperParents and Associate Woman has noticed the same thing too. As a Perth dad blogger, I had difficulty locating comments at least on his last few posts (sorry dude, i'm the same hehehehe).
But with Colin putting himself out there and having great connections with loads of parents/mummy bloggers via blogging conferences, he still isn't being rewarded with the same that mum blogs get.
Search Aussie Dad blog on Google.com. (not .com.au) There is my blog at the very top of the list. Not once have I ever got a hit with that search term.
Now, search for Aussie Mum blog.
You'll find sites dedicated to aussie mums, as well as an award for the Aussie Mummy Bloggers with the X-Factor. Who, by the way was another of my faves, Glowless, who won an Apple iPad 2. (fyi, grats!) :-)
Ooh.. An interesting point is that another daddy blogger said to me on Twitter that he was talking with staff from Nuffnang, a popular advertising tool for Aussie bloggers. He was being ignored by the person, who was eyeing off the Mum bloggers.
This tweet was then followed up by one of my cool mum blog tweeters saying "she has never made any noises about being approached for product reviews, but is being approached often anyway".
Man...
Well, hopefully I'm not having too much of a whine. Hopefully I'm just talking about something that is wrong in the Aussie Blogging World!
So, don't forget us guys out there. Whether we're talking about our nasty wives (hehehehehe), our kids getting sick, our terrible Dad Jokes, add us to your blogroll and keep in touch with the dads! We want that same level of support that mums have between other mums.
We also want to make extra money for our growing families via blogging. Any extra support for my family that I can get like the mums would be fricken great.
Well, that's about all I have to say about that now. So what do you think about all that I've said so far? Why do you think there aren't many Aussie Dad bloggers?
Looking forward to seeing what you think.
I'll leave you with this...
Love your local dad blog!
Get your husband blogging!
Get your own dad blogging!
Visit Reservoir Dad's site and check out a few dads if you are in search for some!
;-)
- tork
A Daddy blogger is a much unloved creature.
Recent twitter-twatter on Twitter brought up some interesting points thanks to Resevoir Dad's latest Great Aussie Dad Blogs, of which I am lucky enough to be listed as one (thanks dude!).
Here's a couple of points that dad bloggers would love to know the answer to...
1. Dad blogs don't get approached for product reviews.
For this dad blog of mine, I've never been asked to talk about any cool products, Australian or overseas.
Nothing. Not one product that would interest kids, mums or dads.
Why?
Is it because no one wants to be told about what a man thinks about products for kids and families? In Australia at least, the overloaded majority of bloggers are mums. You'd think the dad bloggers would stick out? You'd think a guy's perspective, something different, would be of value..
Perhaps I am doing something wrong.
Well, The Reservoir Dad tends to agree with me. Now, here's an aussie dad blogger agreeing that us Dads don't get the opportunity to review products. This guy has appeared on Australia's The Today Show, The Circle and numerous other formats of media to do with his website.
That's just crazy. Sure he's had some pretty rad sponsors, but still..
2. Dad blogs don't get anywhere near as many comments as a mum blog.
Let's do a blog hop to a few fave mum bloggers of mine.
Veronica at Some Day We Will Sleep. She's great. Writes from the heart. Puts herself out there daily. Heaps of comments.
Kirri at Happy Mums At Home. A top gal. She came to me for help with Twitter and we've been bloggy buds ever since. Crap loads of comments!
Mrs M at Mums Word and Donna at Nappy Daze. Always visiting me, and love I it. They've got comments on every single post.
So why don't I get loads of comments? Am I not putting myself out there enough?
Maybe not. You won't see a photo of me or my family on this blog, but you'll read everything that's on my mind (so far, just like this post!).
A recent post of mine, Celebrating My First Year of Blogging got me three comments from my regulars, of whom I love as much as a dog loves licking himself. This post is a celebration! I offer to help others with blogging in it! I add an article which never got accepted on another site, of which I spent hours/days/week putting a lot of time into. I guess though, sometimes you put so much work into things, that doesn't always mean they are going to be read.
Anyway, Colin of SuperParents and Associate Woman has noticed the same thing too. As a Perth dad blogger, I had difficulty locating comments at least on his last few posts (sorry dude, i'm the same hehehehe).
But with Colin putting himself out there and having great connections with loads of parents/mummy bloggers via blogging conferences, he still isn't being rewarded with the same that mum blogs get.
3. Dad blogs will never be as popular as mum blogs.
Search Aussie Dad blog on Google.com. (not .com.au) There is my blog at the very top of the list. Not once have I ever got a hit with that search term.
Now, search for Aussie Mum blog.
You'll find sites dedicated to aussie mums, as well as an award for the Aussie Mummy Bloggers with the X-Factor. Who, by the way was another of my faves, Glowless, who won an Apple iPad 2. (fyi, grats!) :-)
Ooh.. An interesting point is that another daddy blogger said to me on Twitter that he was talking with staff from Nuffnang, a popular advertising tool for Aussie bloggers. He was being ignored by the person, who was eyeing off the Mum bloggers.
This tweet was then followed up by one of my cool mum blog tweeters saying "she has never made any noises about being approached for product reviews, but is being approached often anyway".
Man...
Why am I whinging like a baby?
Well, hopefully I'm not having too much of a whine. Hopefully I'm just talking about something that is wrong in the Aussie Blogging World!
So, don't forget us guys out there. Whether we're talking about our nasty wives (hehehehehe), our kids getting sick, our terrible Dad Jokes, add us to your blogroll and keep in touch with the dads! We want that same level of support that mums have between other mums.
We also want to make extra money for our growing families via blogging. Any extra support for my family that I can get like the mums would be fricken great.
Well, that's about all I have to say about that now. So what do you think about all that I've said so far? Why do you think there aren't many Aussie Dad bloggers?
Looking forward to seeing what you think.
I'll leave you with this...
Love your local dad blog!
Get your husband blogging!
Get your own dad blogging!
Visit Reservoir Dad's site and check out a few dads if you are in search for some!
;-)
- tork
